Bedstead- frame



(No Model.)

0. RAMUS.

BBDSTEAD' FRAME.

No. 249,481. Y Patented Nov. 15,1881.

UNITED STAfnEs-r Grrr-cn. e

CHARLES RAMUS,u OF CHICAGQVILLINOIS.

BED ST'EAD- FRALM E.

Application iiled May 23, 1881. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, `GHARLns E. RAMUs, of

` thecityof Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulIm- 5 `provement in Bedstead-Frames, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of the frame Fig. 2,a longitudinal section taken on theline ro .r at, Fig. l; and Fig. 3, a cross-section taken on theline y y, Fig. l. t

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bedstead-frame especially adapted to the application thereon of awoveuwire fabric for the supportof the bedding, and

`one which shall be free from certain defects whichare incidental to the forms of construction heretofore employed for that purpose.

In the usual form of such frames as at pres` ent constructed the fabric is attached to end bars elevated above the side bars of the frame and united thereto by iron standards; but this form is objectionable, for the reason that the fabric is necessarily attached to the elevated end bars under a high ldegree ot' tension, and when to this tension is added the effect of the weight of the persons reclining thereon the leverage upon thesidc bars occasioned by the length ot' thestandards uniting the end bars to the side bars is so great thatthe side bars are caused to buckle or bend in the middlea difficulty that can only be obviated in that form of construction by the addition to the side bars oflongitudinal counter-braces adapted to the purpose, or by making the side bars of heavy hard wood beams, which are .both cumbersome and expensive. y t

My invention wholly overcomes this difficulty bya construction much simpler and less eX- pensive and more serviceable in actual use.

It consists in the combination of side bars and end bars, each of peculiar form and construction and united to eachother in a special manner,all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed outdeti nitel y in the claims.

In the drawings, A A represent the side bars, and B B the end bars, of the frame. The end bars, B, are beveled in a particularmen- 5o ner, as clearly illustrated in cross-section i-n Fig. 2. The main portion b is elongatedand beveled uponfitsflower side, so thatit slopes downward-from its inner edge beneath toward itsrouteredge., Thaouter edge of each endbar i is enlarged above and rounded, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 at b. t Agroove, b2, is `also cut along the outer edge ofthe end bar'. Theside bars, A, are mortised at the ends at a in such manner as to receive in close fit the elongated portions of the end bars, B, and leave the up.- per edges ofthe side bars ush with the outer edge of the enlargements b of the end bars. After the end bars are inserted with the mortises in the ends ot' the side bars, bolts are passed through bothl side and end bars at the corners and secured by nuts below. The woven-wire "7; fabric is then stretched under great tension from end bar to end bar and around thefrounded enlargements b at each end. While the fabrieis undertenson,tongues ofwood or metal 7o are driven into the grooves b2, inclosing the-` fabric within the grooves, and the tongues are fastened in place by nails, screws, or other suitable means, When the remaining portion of the fabric is cut of; or anyother appropriate mode of attachment may be adopted. An ornamental strip, b3, is then attached to the edge of the end bars,coverng the tongue and groove, and protecting the fabric upon the outer edge of the end bars from abrasion against the inclosin g bedstead or wall.

1t will be observed that in this construction the edges of the fabric on the sides touch the edges of the side bars, A, and rest upon them. I have overcome this incidental difficulty in a simple manner byt'orming the side bars, A, with bevel a2 upon the inner side of their upper edge, as shown clearly in cross-section in Fig. 3.

In Vthis form of construction, Whenever the weight of a person rests on thefabric near the side bar, the fabric yields readily downward and is drawn graduallyinward along the bevel until thevveight is removed, when the fabric returns at once to its original position and without any discomfort to the person resting thereon.

It is apparent that in the construction above described the ktension of the fabric or the force of the Weight resting thereon has no leverage whatever or tendency toward buckling or bending the side bars, A, in the middle, and consequently they can be made much lighter and foo with Aequal safety'andgreate'r economy, While thevpeculiar outline ofthe end bar,B,with the enlargement b and the beveled tenon b fitting within the mortise a and against the portion of the side bar above the mortise, is peculiarly adapted to resist the great tension of thefabric and permit the bodyof the frame to be of very light construction coupled with great strength.

One advantage of constructing the frame in such manner that the fabric attached to the end bars is suspended at or near the level .of the upper edges'of the side bars is that, while in my construction all the advantages attendnnt upon the use of an elevated fabric are secured, the frame is much more compact, and when inserted in the ordinary bedstead abundance ot' room is left for the mattress below the upper edges ofthe side boards of the inelosin-g bedstead-an important advantage over the frames heretofore in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a bedstead-frame, the combination of beveled side bars and end bars mortised therein in such manner as to suspend the elastic fabric attached thereto in a plane at or near the level of the upper edges ot' the beveled side bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The end bars, B, of a bedstead-frame, provided With tenons b, venlargements b-, grooves b2, tongues tting therein, and strips b3, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The side bars, A, of a bedstead-frame, mortised at their ends and beveled upon their upper edges, substantially as and for/the purpose set forth.

CHARLES E. RAMUS. 

